Spotlight-mounting device



Sept. 11, 1928. 1,683,915

J. E. PRINCE ETAL SPOTLIGHT MOUNTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 9, 1926 Patented Sept. 11, 1928.v

PATENT OFFICE.

lUNITED STATES JOSEPH E. PRINCE AND Cl'AlltlIESy E. ySCHOOLEY, yOF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SPOTLIGHT-MOUNTIN G DEVICE.

Application led August 9, 1926. Serial' No..128,194.

particularly the inventionrelates to rdevices of that character 'adapted to supporta spotlight from the spindle of a steering wheel of the vehicle and at the outside of the wheel.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a dirigible spot light mounting in the form of a tubular nut that may be threaded onto the spindle end to serve the purpose of the usual wheel retaining nut and into which a mounting shank for a spotlight bracket, or arm, may be threaded and tightened against the end of the spindle so as to serve additionally as a lock for the nut. A further object resides in the provision'of a channel or bore longitudinally or" the wheel spindle through which a circuit wire may be extended to the spot light.

Another object is to provide a mounting whereby vibration and looseness of the lamp bracket may be avoided.

Other objects reside in the various details r of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described.

In Vaccomplishing these and other objects, we have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of an automobile equipped with a spot light in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the wheel hub .and spindle, illustrating the construction and mode ot application ot a spindle attachment embodied by this invention.

`Figure 3 is a sectional detail taken horizontally on the line 3-3 in Figure 2.

Figure 1i is a perspective view'ofthe lamp bracket mounting parts, shown in disassem-y bled relation. V l

Figure 5 is a vertical section transversely of the spindle, taken on the line 5-5 in Figure 2. y

Referring more in detail to the drawingsl designates an automobile, which may be one of any of the usual types of construction, having its front, steering wheels 2 carried by knuckles 3 pivotally mounted in yokes 4 at the ends of the front axle; the wheels having their hubs 5 rotatable about spindles 6 on suitable anti-friction bearings, as indicated at 7 and 8. v

Threaded onto the outer end of a spindle 6 and seated against the outer ring of bear- Y ings 8 is a nuty 9, embodying a part of the present invention, and which, in use, replaces the kusual retaining nut used in this place and serves in its stead toretain the wheel on the spindle. This nuthas a reduced, cylindrical extensionlO, coaxial ot the spindle, that extends outwardly'beyondtheend of the spindle and through an opening 11 provided therefor in the end of the hub cap 12, a packing Washer 13 is fitted between the nut 9 and end of the hub cap so asto prevent leakagev of oil or grease from' about the shank 10.

Supported by means of a bracket, or arm,

15, adjacent the outside of the -wheel and be-` low the Wheel hub, is av spot Alight 16. The lower end of the bracket is attachedadjustably to the lamp housing by means of a bolt 17 and its upper end is attached to the spindle 6 by means of ashank designated in its entirety by reference numeral 18. This shankk 18 has a threaded inner end portion 18aL adapted to be'threaded into the tubular shank v of nut 9 against the inner end of the spindle, a central nut 18b to which a wrench may be applied to tighten it in'place and an outer end shank 18C'over which the upper, apertured end of bracket is disposed and clamped by a nut 19 threaded onto the outer end of shank 18.

While vwe have shown the bracket 15 depending downwardly, it is readily apparent that it may be extended in various directions about the hub tosuit its purpose.

In order that a circuit wire, as designated at 20, may be extended to the lamp without necessitating its being extended along the outside of the wheel, we have provided a centra-l bore or channel 21 inwardly from the outer end and have there connected it with a lateral bore 22 opening to one side of the spindle, as shown best in Figure 3. The shank 18 is also provided at its inner end with a laterally opening slot 23 that communicates with the outer end of the channel 21. The Wire leads from a source'of electricity, not shown, through the spindle channels 22,

21 and shank slot 23 to the lamp and is, in

-of nut 9 as well kas preventing its own unthreading. Then, by securely tightening the nut 19 on shank 18C the lamp bracket will be held perfectly iirin and secure against vibration or looseness incidental to rough travel.

It is further apparent' that the spot light may, by directing the arin l5 inwardly, be,- located entirely Within the vertical plane oi' the outer end ot the hub-cap and Willfbe disposed out oi' the way and in no danger oft being brushed offy in passing or bypassing objects.

Havingtlnisdescribed our invention, What We claim as new therein andl desire tosecure by LettersfPatent, is o l. ln a vehicle ofI the character described, the combination with a steering .vheeispindle and a wheel on the spindle provided with a rhub cap hav-ing anA opening therein alined with the spindle, oli a nut threaded onto the outer endo'f the spindle forfretaining the Wheel and providedwith a tubular extensionA projecting thrmigli` the hub cap opening, 'a` shank threaded into thefextensionlagainst the end' of' the spindle and-E serving as a lock tor the n ut,` a lainp supliort'ing bracket mounted on the outer end ot the shank and a spot light supportedl by the bracket.

shank having a Wrench head integralv theref with intermediate its endsvwhereby it may kbe threaded and tightened in the extension and having a threadedouter end, a lamp inount` ing bracket mounted on said outer end, a nut threadedonto said end to clamp the bracket' in piace against the Wrench head and a spot.

light mounted, byy the bracket; said spindle being provided with a: longitudinal channel and said shank'having. a laterally opening slot communicating therewith through which a circuit wire inay be extended tothe lamp. Y

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 29th day oi March, 1926. 7

Josnrri n. PRINCE. JAMES n. senooLEY. 

